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14:00 17/04/2022
We are investigating after a teenage boy was assaulted during a disturbance in Southend.
We received reports of an assault which took place in Royal Terrace, close to Pier Hill, in Southend, shortly after 6pm last night, Saturday 16 April.
We located a teenage boy who had sustained a wound to his chest.
He was taken to hospital for treatment where it was established his injury is thankfully not life-threatening or life-changing.
No arrests have been made and our enquiries are ongoing.
We need anyone who witnessed the incident or has phone or dash cam footage of it to contact us as soon as possible.
If you have any information you can submit a report online or use the 'Live Chat' button to speak to an online operator between 7am-11pm.
You can also call 101. Please quote incident 1124 of April 16.